Magnet Housing Element with Central Wall for Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing housing elements for magnets and ferromagnetic plates are difficult to assemble due to magnets shifting during the assembly process, causing a slowdown in operations as they need to be repositioned before the plate is correctly constrained, leading to complex and time-consuming assembly procedures.
Innovation Solution
The housing element design includes seats for magnets with a central wall that prevents the ferromagnetic plate from moving during magnet insertion, and retaining members that hold the magnets by friction, allowing for easy and automatic insertion of magnets while keeping the plate in a predetermined position, simplifying the assembly process.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If magnets are inserted in the seats of the housing element and then the ferromagnetic plate is placed on top, then the housing element can be assembled, but the magnets may move from their seats and attach to the plate before correct positioning, causing assembly slowdown
Solution Approach 1:
The ferromagnetic plate is pre-positioned in the housing element seat before the magnets are inserted. The plate includes positioning features that ensure correct alignment is established in advance, so when magnets are subsequently inserted, they are automatically guided to their correct positions without risk of displacement or attachment to the plate.
2Reliability
If additional constraint members (screws) are used to secure the ferromagnetic plate to the housing element, then the plate can be firmly constrained, but the assembly process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The ferromagnetic plate is integrated directly with the housing element through pre-positioning and magnetic retention, eliminating the need for separate constraint members such as screws. The plate becomes an inherent part of the housing element assembly, reducing both structural complexity and assembly steps while maintaining firm constraint through magnetic forces.
3Device complexity
If magnets are freely housed in the seat with only magnetic constraint to the plate, then the housing element structure is simplified, but the magnets may move from predetermined positions or come off the plate during assembly
Solution Approach 1:
The ferromagnetic plate serves as an intermediary element between the housing element seat and the magnets. The plate includes positioning features that act as a mediator to guide and secure the magnets in their predetermined positions, preventing displacement or detachment while maintaining a simplified overall structure without requiring complex retention mechanisms.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
This design significantly simplifies and speeds up the assembly of housing elements by ensuring magnets remain in their correct position during plate insertion, eliminating the need for additional alignment steps and reducing assembly time.
Implementation Method 1
The seats 5A, B are adapted to hold the magnets 2, 3 by friction
Implementation Method 2
the magnets 2, 3 are magnetically constrained to the plate 6
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AI summary
A housing element (1; 101; 201; 301; 401; 601) for at least two magnets (2, 3; 102, 103; 202, 203; 302, 303; 402, 403; 602, 603), of the type adapted to be associated with a support and guide magnetic structure (30), said housing element (1; 101; 201; 301; 401; 601) being adapted to hold a conveyor with articulated links (28) movable along said support and guide structure (20) joined with said support and guide structure; wherein the housing element comprises a body (4; 104, 204, 304; 404, 604) comprising: - at least one side wall (9A-D; 109A-D; 209A-D; 309A-D; 409A-D; 609A-D), one bottom wall (10), and one central wall (9E; 109E; 209E; 309E; 409E; 609E) and said walls delimit in the body (4; 104, 204, 304; 404, 604) at least two seats (5A, 5B; 105A, 105B; 205A, 205B; 305A, 305B; 405A, 405B; 605A, 605B) for housing said at least two magnets the body (4; 104, 204, 304; 404, 604) having at least one part comprising a seat (14; 114; 214; 314; 414; 614) shaped and sized in such a way that it can house a plate (6; 306; 406; 606) in a ferromagnetic material, adapted to come into contact with said at least two magnets; wherein a retaining part (71A-C; 171A-C; 271A-C; 371A-C; 471A-C; 671A-C) is provided, which is sized and shaped in such a way that it holds the magnets constrained in said at least two seats (5A, 5B; 105A, 105B; 205A, 205B; 305A, 305B; 405A, 405B; 605A, 605B) for the magnets by friction of the surfaces of said magnets and of said two seats for the magnets, which are in contact with each other.